Radiation Therapists in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,458
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$24,212
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,387
Nebraska costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nebraska — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$98,670
Kept after tax
$74,458
Worth in national money
$82,387
State rank
29
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for radiation therapists. The median is $98,670, ranking 29 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Nebraska this is well-paid work. Of 488 occupations with published figures in the state, radiation therapists ranks 45 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $98,670 you keep $74,458 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,387 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $114,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for radiation therapists: a median of $98,670, ranking 29 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Nebraska publishes a median for, radiation therapists sits 45 of 488 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Nebraska is $74,458 after the full tax stack, from $98,670. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,387 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $114,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $142,880 |
| This salary | $98,670 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Nebraska | $74,458 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,244 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,868 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $93,288 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,581 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,670 as a midpoint for Nebraska, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $69,620 and the ninetieth is $142,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nebraska's $74,458, worked from $98,670. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 45 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nebraska, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,387, the adjusted value of that $98,670 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 45 of 488 in the state.
- The Nebraska median of $98,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $69,620 to $142,880. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nebraska take-home of $74,458, on $98,670 for work ranking 45 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 45 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nebraska, so $82,387 — the adjusted value of that $98,670 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 45 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $114,800 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $69,620 and the top tenth $142,880 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nebraska is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $82,387 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Nebraska adds its own income tax on top — which is why $74,458 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Nebraska is $114,800. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($69,620) and the ninetieth ($142,880) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Nebraska's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $82,387 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $74,458 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Nebraska income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.